Tourism has contributed to economic development of territories and regions, understood as a synonymous of economic growth. The potential of tourism to drive economic growth is known, but it is also known that it can encourage inequities. Without detailing what type of development and for whom,...

Introduction -- Chapter 1: Theoretical framework and methodology -- Chapter 2: The impact of industrial revolution on the periphery - an "astonishing reversal" -- Chapter 3: Two technological revolutions and a predominantly falling behind period -- Chapter 4: The fourth Long Wave and a...